Shows
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Looking at the Week Ahead!These live sessions with all of you chiming in create a wonderful way to plan for the week ahead. Today, we focused on two programs ahead this week: Forget Me Not: How We Memorialise | Ailsa PiperIn the last of Jane Hutcheon’s six-part Forget-Me-Not series, Jane interviews Ailsa Piper. Ailsa is a well-known actor, director, audiobook narrator, and writer in Australia. After her husband died suddenly, Ailsa focused on the art of moving forward. Her latest book, "For Life," is a moving exploration of loss, hope, and starting again.* Our program is fr...
2025-03-1727 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin LIVE Video Chat with Myrt from @DearMyrtleMany thanks to the score of you who could join us live from your mobile devices or now the web. Your warm greetings and joyous participation are what make these sessions such fun. Though the sessions are only available as they happen to Projectkin subscribers, I make the recordings available to everyone on our website. You can access the full archive of these programs at Projectkin.org/live.Since these recordings can be viewed and shared with anyone, I always try to include useful links so that others follow along with the resources we mentioned.
2025-02-1730 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinA Brief Chat in the Livestream with Jane HutcheonAs we all navigate new experiences and tools, these live sessions have become a fun way to connect personally and spontaneously. Though the live sessions are only available to Projectkin subscribers, I make the recordings available to everyone on our website. On my home page, I’ve endeavored to keep the focus on the current week’s recording, but you can access the archive at Projectkin.org/live. You’ll have to download the Substack app to watch these sessions live. Don’t worry. It’s free, as is the Projectkin subscription membership. This week, we caught up...
2025-01-2722 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinA Brief Chat in the Livestream with Kathy StoneWhat fun to see so many of you taking the time out of your busy Sunday afternoon or Monday morning to join us for a look at the week ahead. Thank you for joining us!If this Substack Live thing is new to you, take a moment to download the Substack app 👇 If you have a publication of your own, you can host your own Substack Live session. As you’ll see ☝️ it’s fun and easy! Oh, and did I mention it was free?One thing to note… the recording starts abruptly. That’s a tad awkward...
2025-01-2027 min
Specials at ProjectkinStory Magic: Reframing family history storytelling in ProjectsWith just over a year of exploring ideas as Projectkin.org, it seemed time to circle back and share the larger picture about the storytelling hook that has motivated the endeavor. As the Projectkin Community Forum, we’re on a campaign to get families to share their stories. Big or small, family stories are important to capture and preserve for future generations, adding our stories to those we’ve inherited from generations before us. Your stories may only be contained in artifacts with little context or identifications, or they might be published in a written narrative arc. As y...
2024-11-1458 min
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy's Corner » How to Choose an Organizing Program » June 2024Today’s lively discussion started with a reference to Projectkin member Jane Hutcheon’s post, The Ghost Keeper, and Jane's question about how to clean a carte de visite. Listen for her thoughtful answer.Kathy then focused on the criteria for deciding which software or app to use for organizing photos. In the leadup to this discussion, she referenced an article written in May 2023, just as the Ponga software platform was taken offline. That “5-Elements” article defined key criteria for evaluating platforms for your photos.As the discussion revealed, the key lies in an understanding of ...
2024-06-281h 07
Specials at Projectkin“Beginning, Middle & End” with Jane Hutcheon » Family Stories Special EventToday’s program was a “taster” for her upcoming series of three workshops. Learn more about the series. Register here.“Picnic basket” of ResourcesAt the beginning of the program, you’ll note that Jane references her “Yogi Bear School of Family Storytelling.” She’s followed that up with a little picnic basket of goodies just for you, starting with these two downloadable bits of fun:And to be sure you could follow up with her many references, here are links to many of the programs, books, and recordings she mentions: More about Lost in...
2024-05-1055 min